Female Characters

[Death_Emperor_X]

One thing I don't like about girl characters is the weird stereotypes and balances that go into them. Most men in fighting games are larger, many really buff. There is always a fat guy stereotype also. Bob from Tekken, Rufus from Streetfighter. I have never seen a fat girl stereotype though. Why not have a girl the size of Bob? Why is it alright to make men fat but not women? Also women seem to always be super petite, why not have a body builder type chick in a fighting game? On average, guys in fighting games look like they could throw a better punch. In real life, being big and having muscles has a lot to do with power.

Secondly, since all women are petite. A lot of them seem to be extremely fast. This wouldn't be a problem except all of the fast characters never lack in power. Viola and Natsu are both good examples of this. Astaroth hits like a tank but is super slow. Viola hits like a tank and is also decently fast with low risk. Natsu is very fast with still less risk than Astaroth.

I've always been into giant tanky women. I have a lot created in SCV & pretty much in all the other games I have. The only fat ass chick I know of is from Borderlands 2. As for buff women, SF is the closest you'll get. Other then that, they really are kind of rare to come by. Then again, I'm pretty sure we all can guess this right. About why there never is any fat & buff girls. It's simply to attract attention. My version of bigness I wouldn't call it fat, nor buff, but simply big... xD

Exactly as Alex said. More variety please.
One thing I dislike are games where male armour looks normal, but female versions of the same set resembles weird fetish-wear (Skyrim comes to mind), I just don't see the point in it?

That's called BADASSERY WOMAN PRIDE! n.n lol, I myself actually like how they do that. Sometimes its cool if they do happen to wear the same look towards armor for both genders. If it's really that damn good looking.

 

[orangeislands31]

Oh yeah, the fat bitch from borderlands... that's rigtttt!

 

[Alex.J]

Women are usually higher tier. Nina Williams, Setsuka, Lili (in sfxt) Viola. Etc etc

Tekken isn't a good example. Mishima's are king, which are all men. Back when Nina was at her best, Tekken 5.0. Steve was even more amazing with some of the lamest jank to ever exist.

 

[Death_Emperor_X]

No one would use or care about a fat ugly woman, I mean there is literally zero demand for them. It would be seen as disrespectful too, most fat characters are white men from 'standard' nations. If Gragas from LoL was black then shit would fly. If Bob was a woman then everyone would be like "What is the point of this character? Is this a joke?" Then some would come to the conclusion of 'insert discrimination reason here'.

Bob is fat, that is his character. That is his personality. That is his goal and his life. He is also a shite character and I hate him, get aids Bob.

I'm curious, why would you feel that way? & who said they have to be ugly? Going by what Alex said, I happen to think the game could use some characters who are like that. Let's take a huge (big & tall) woman with a mace like Rock for an example. Or how bout an attractive little girl who looks like she's 5 or some shit, similar to like that one little girl Marie Rose from DOA. Moves quick like the wind & uses a bow in a moba game or mmorpg, etc.

PS: Remember this could be from ANY game type.

I think we need to de-sexualize female character designs. It just isn't practical for combat to have gigantic boobs limiting your mobility.

Lol, there probably suppose to live like that. Like what I said in my first post. It may be in their nature to dress that way. Similar to an Indian; half naked, no shoes, no shirt, that kind of shit. n.n

Ever heard of Zhu Rong from DW? She's always naked in every game she's been in, because that's in her nature to live like that. That's apart of her & her tribe on how they live. That woman in the video however, looks like a mage from an mmorpg. That's normal to me, I see ton of women like that. In other words, you may find it sexual of course, but they won't.

 

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One thing I don't like about girl characters is the weird stereotypes and balances that go into them. Most men in fighting games are larger, many really buff. There is always a fat guy stereotype also. Bob from Tekken, Rufus from Streetfighter. I have never seen a fat girl stereotype though. Why not have a girl the size of Bob? Why is it alright to make men fat but not women? Also women seem to always be super petite, why not have a body builder type chick in a fighting game?

Alex you need to expand your horizons.